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"If you asked me which I would prefer, 21 tournament victories and £12 million in prize money or winning Wimbledon and nothing else, I don't even have to think about it. Wimbledon, of course. It was like, in the eyes of the world, I had never been a tennis player until that moment, even though I'd reached number two in the rankings."
- Goran Ivanisevic, 2001 Wimbledon champion, on the most important moment in his 15-year career, in a www.wimbledon.org article by Ron Atkins. (2004)
"This is so great, to touch the trophy. If I never win another match I don't care. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I go, I'm going to always be a Wimbledon champion."
- Goran, savoring his triumph as a wild card at age twenty-nine after losing three finals in the 1990s (2001)
"Last year, I lost to his brother [John], this year I lose to him, next year, maybe I can win against his sister."
- Goran, after losing to Patrick McEnroe at the Lipton Championships. (1993)
"My fines? I pay more fines than some guys' career prize money on the tour."
- Goran Ivanisevic, (2004)




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